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Views  Of 


Salem  Fire  Ruins 


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AVERY  LIBRARY 
COIUMMA  UNIVERSITY 


OR  the  information  of  architects,  engi- 
neers and  builders  in  general;  we 
take  the  liberty  of  mailing  you  a 
few  prints  of  photographs  which  we 
had  taken  from  the  ruins  of  the  late  Salem 
Fire.  These  views  are  self  explanatory. 

Hoping  that  the  same  will  be  of  interest  to 
you  and  bring  you  more  confidence  than  ever 
in  the  quality  of  the  LALLY  COLUMN,  we  are, 
Very  respectfully, 

U.  S.  COLUMN  CO. 


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View  of  the  ruins  of  the  French  Catholic  Church  and  School,  Salem,  Mass., 
after  the  fire. 


Church  ruin  showing  a lot  of  cast  iron  columns  broken  in  several  pieces, 


Interior  View  of  the  French  Catholic  Church,  Salem,  Mass.,  showing  the 
ruins  after  the  fire.  The  small  white  arrows  show  the  condition  of  the  cast 
iron  columns  that  were  used. 


View  of  the  French  Parochial  School  Ruins  adjoining  the  Church,  showing 
the  condition  of  the  Lally  Columns  after  the  fire  at  Salem,  Mass. 


This  building  was  equipped  with  cast  iron  columns  which  were  completely 
destroyed  as  shown.  The  white  arrows  show  some  of  the  destroyed  cast  iron 
columns. 


Note  the  condition  of  cast  iron  columns.  White  arrows  indicate 

location. 


View  of  Lally  Column  holding  the  corner  of  a building 
after  the  fire. 


A Salem  Ruin  showing  the  condition  of  the  Lally  Columns  after  the  fire. 


One  of  the  many  hundred  of  residences  where  Lally  Columns  were  used  in 
the  Salem  Fire. 


Note  the  condition  of  all  material  and  contrast  with  the  Lally  Columns. 


Note  carefully  the  white  arrows,  they  mark  the  cast  iron  columns  used  in 
the  engine  house. 


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